Good Ideas For Filling Mugs, Xmas Gifts.

[Patsy33]

To help my daughter with some Christmas ideas, I suggested filling a nice mug with odds and ends, e.g..last year I gave her friend one with different sachets of flavoured hot chocolate in. I thought maybe a nail varnish, lip balm, chocolate. The idea is to ease up on spending as daughter has baby. Any ideas??

[sherrardk]

Personalised crackers (the actual cracker but would be cheaper than a mug) and you can't get a lot in it :)

[mallyh]

your ideas are great ,if someone likes crosswords pens maybe .

[sherrardk]

Bit (not but).

[sherrardk]

You can get a lot of cheap 'thoughtful' stuff on Etsy (if you've got the time/patience) to look. Personalised stuff seems to go down well with my kids now they're getting older - I'm doing them each a small frame with their names spelt out in the new a-z 10p's and I've got personalised key rings that look like them (£1.49 each - three of them are excellent as you state what features they have).

[MallyJ]

For young people rubber, sharpener, pen, paper clips etc .... Actually I would like that! Hair grips, bows, spray on colour, alice band type thing. For gardeners packets of seeds.

[Patsy33]

Brilliant ideas Sherr!

[Patsy33]

Thanks Mallyh. Yes, let's not forget the men!

[woofgang]

just keep an eye....its easy when doing this to spend more than you would if you just bought a gift

[Patsy33]

That is true woofgang! Don't want to defeat the object....

[tiggerblue10]

As Woof says, it can get a bit costly but very nice idea.

Many years ago I made some hampers by filling shoe boxes with packing shred and put loads of little bits and bobs in: mini bottle of booze, Xmas nuts, stationary, sweets and chocs.

They went down a treat with the recipients :o)

[Patsy33]

I like that idea tiggerblue!..

[Georgiesmum]

miniature Baileys, miniature whiskys?

[Georgiesmum]

sachets of instant Horlicks?
sachets of instant coffees?
nail varnish and nail clippers?
a scratch card?

[Georgiesmum]

For children, little bags of dolly mixtures or jelly babies?

[Patsy33]

Lots of good ideas! Thanks.

[woofgang]

but there you go georgiesmum.....miniature booze is cute but its expensive

[Patsy33]

Last year I bought two lovely mugs from Waitrose, that were half price. Perhaps just a pair of cheap bed socks & bar of chocolate will suffice! :-)